Senate Bill S5043

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires limit to maximum length of stay at residential program for victims of domestic violence

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S5043 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A455
Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §459-b, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S973, A2651

2009-S5043 - Summary

Requires limit to maximum length of stay at residential program for victims of domestic violence.

2009-S5043 - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5043 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5043

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. HASSELL-THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services

AN ACT to amend the social services  law,  in  relation  to  residential
  services for victims of domestic violence

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 459-b of the social services law, as added by chap-
ter 169 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
  S 459-b. Residential services for victims  of  domestic  violence.  In
accordance with section one hundred thirty-one-u of this chapter and the
regulations  of the [department] OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,
a social services district shall offer and provide necessary and  avail-
able emergency shelter and services at a residential program for victims
of  domestic  violence to a victim of domestic violence who was residing
in the social services district at the  time  of  the  alleged  domestic
violence  whether  or not such victim is eligible for public assistance;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH LAW, RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL NOT  LIMIT
THE  MAXIMUM  LENGTH  OF STAY OF VICTIMS AT SUCH RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS TO
LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02198-01-9

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2009-S5043A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A455
Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §459-b, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S973, A2651

2009-S5043A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires limit to maximum length of stay at residential program for victims of domestic violence.

2009-S5043A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5043A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 5043--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. HASSELL-THOMPSON, ADAMS, DIAZ, KRUEGER, MONTGOMERY,
  OPPENHEIMER, PERKINS, SAMPSON, SAVINO -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Social
  Services -- recommitted to the Committee on Social Services in accord-
  ance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  -- reported favorably from said
  committee and committed to  the  Committee  on  Finance  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social services law, in relation to residential
  services for victims of domestic violence

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 459-b of the social services law, as added by chap-
ter 169 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
  S  459-b.  Residential  services  for victims of domestic violence. In
accordance with section one hundred thirty-one-u of this chapter and the
regulations of the [department] OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY  SERVICES,
a  social services district shall offer and provide necessary and avail-
able emergency shelter and services FOR UP TO NINETY DAYS at a  residen-
tial  program  for  victims of domestic violence to a victim of domestic
violence who was residing in the social services district at the time of
the alleged domestic violence whether or not such victim is eligible for
public assistance; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH  LAW,  RULES  AND  REGU-
LATIONS  SHALL  PERMIT  UP TO TWO EXTENSIONS OF UP TO FORTY-FIVE DAYS OF
NECESSARY AND AVAILABLE EMERGENCY SHELTER AND SERVICES AT A  RESIDENTIAL
PROGRAM  FOR  VICTIMS  OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IF NEITHER THE RESIDENT, THE
SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT NOR THE RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM IS ABLE  TO  SECURE
ALTERNATIVE HOUSING, AS DEFINED BY REGULATION, FOR THE RESIDENT AND SUCH
HOUSING IS NECESSARY.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law; provided, however,  that  effective  immediately  the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02198-03-0

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